Regula Affolter • Oekingen Solothurn CHI am working currently on the series Missisbraini and Radiation.
The peak of this series is primary the workout of talking in forms, shapes, lines, geometrics and colours for different abstract possibilitys, about current, previous or historical social aspects from the human life and the ≻≻

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Natalya Aikens • Pleasantville NY US
I am currently creating portraits of homes using ephemera collected by the owner of the home so that the artwork is special and meaningful to the person who lives there. Each portrait is guaranteed to be completely different and individual because you are providing my ≻≻

Commissions

Sharon M W Bass • Lawrence KS USI am the person in between the artist, the juror, and the gallery director, serving each of them to produce the strongest, most coherent exhibit of contemporary fiber art and art quilts.

Curator

Bobbi Baugh • DeLand FL USI enjoy the creative challenge of working with homeowners or designers to create work for specific spaces and color palettes. I create mixed media pieces that begin as hand-printed monotypes on rice paper or fabric, collaging onto heavy watercolor paper or fabric to become framed works or art ≻≻

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Louise BellLouise Bell Quilts • Burwash East Sussex GBI make quilts, hangings and cushions. Please visit my website to see my range of work (http://www.louisebellquilts.co.uk) I really enjoy working to commission, discussing ideas and designs to make a quilt very personal - as pleasurable to own as it is for me to make.I teach workshops. '201 Quilt ≻≻

Appraiser

Nancy BillingsNancy B Designs • Coconut Grove FL USMy new work features mini-art quilts enhanced with paint and connected by threadwork which can be commissioned by theme, color or size.

Commissions

Pat Bishop • Shawano WI USVisit my website for details of lectures and classes I teach. I am available for commercial or personal commissions. My work has been exhibited internationally and I have won awards in the art quilt world as well as the fine art arena.I have written several articles for magazines, ≻≻

Teacher/Lecturer

Sandra Branjord • Sun City AZ USI have done numerous feature articles on my art quilts for Stampington and Company. I also authored an article for Quilting Quarterly on my Grief series ROSES FOR SANDY.

Artist/Writer

Ann Brauer • Shelburne Falls MA USFor the past 35 years I have been supporting myself making contemporary art quilts that use color, fabric and the traditions of quilt making to create abstract landscapes of my imagination.

Melani Brewer • Cooper City FL USI am currently offering a trunk show with lecture Evolution of an Art Quilter.

Teacher/Lecturer

Peggy Brown • Nashville IN USMy teaching experience includes teaching experimental watercolor painting at Indiana University Adult Education/Fort Wayne, IN and conducting painting on both fabric and paper workshops and seminars. Commissions welcome.

Teacher/Lecturer

Mary T. Buchanan • Richmond VA US
I have a B.F.A. in Printmaking from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University and a Master of Interdisciplinary Studies in Interdisciplinary Arts with a focus in Craft and Mixed Media from Virginia Commonwealth University.
I teach a variety of studio based workshops ≻≻

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Beth Burke • USI'm available to help you polish your writing, whether it's as short as an artist statement or as long as a book manuscript. I've got more than 30 years' experience as a freelance editor, writer, and proofreader. My background includes editing textbooks (in the sciences and legal, medical, ≻≻

Artist/Writer

Lisa Call • Denver CO USI’m an artist. I’m a co-active life coach. I’m a teacher.
Artwork:I've made over 850 textile paintings in the past 16 years. I exhibit my award winning work extensively and have sold over 475 works of art. I do take commissions. Please see my artist ≻≻

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Deb Cashatt of PixeladiesPixeladies • Cameron Park CA1 USDeb Cashatt and her artistic collaborator, Kris Sazaki, are the Pixeladies. They teach Photoshop for fiber artists. From beginning to advanced classes, they teach students the essential Photoshop tools they'll need to design their own fabric, postcards, and other materials essential to creating ≻≻

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Jette Clover • Antwerpen BEI am an artist and I teach workshops.

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Maryte Collard • Siauliai LTI make art quilts, wall hangings that may be a part of your interior design. To see my art, please, visit my website. Shipping from Lithuania is not a problem, I ship worldwide.

Commissions

Linda Colsh • Middletown MD USartist, teacher, lecturer

Teacher/Lecturer

Sue CorteseSELC Fabrics llc • Holland MI USI am a Certified Quilt Judge through NACQJ (and formerly NQA). I have been quilting and dyeing fabric for 20 years, and selling hand-dyed fabric for the last 10 years. I enjoy teaching improvisational piecing classes, appliqué classes, fabric dyeing, as well as other method classes. I ≻≻

Teacher/Lecturer

Dena Dale CrainQuiltEd Online • Nakuru KE
Owner of QuiltEd Online (http://quiltedonline.com) offering online art quilt classes that give patchwork quilters more and better design skills. Learn simple ways to draw and how to turn what you draw into art quilts. With prior experience as a university lecturer and teacher, and with over ≻≻

Teacher/Lecturer

Lenore Crawford • Midland MI USIn my art career I have evolved to doing many jobs including teacher/lecturer, quilting judge, and artist taking commissions along with studio artist.

Commissions

Sherri Culver • Portland OR USI am happy to discuss the opportunity to do portraits of interesting faces.

Sue Dennis • Brisbane QLD AUArtist, international tutor, curator, writer
Nothing is more thrilling than teaching a group of eager students. With 20 years of teaching experience, I have travelled widely and discovered keen quilters in some extraordinary places.

Heather Dubreuil • Hudson QC CAAs a graduate in Art Education, my approach to teaching helps students use the principles of good composition and color theory to express their own imagery in cloth. My course "Building Blocks" has participants using line and shape to create architectural drawings with stitch. Techniques include ≻≻

Carol R. EatonCarol R Eaton Designs • Shelton CT US
Carol R. Eaton is a surface design artist who loves exploring unique ways to dye textiles. She is excited by the endless possibilities every time she starts a new piece. Inspired by the natural world her designs are filled with warm colors, balance and an unexpected variety of texture. Each ≻≻

Fabric/Surface Design

Lisa EllisGiving Back Technology • Fairfax VA USI am an artist who specializes in making sacred and healing works. I serve the art quilt world by supporting a number of exhibits with leadership to give artists a voice and to make hospitals and other healing centers a more pleasing environment for patients and their families. I am the director ≻≻

Lisa Erlandson • Gainesville TX USI am a certified quilt appraiser with 20 years experience. I have experience in placing values on art quilts as well as all other quilted textiles. With over 30 years of public speaking experience, I enjoy sharing information about a variety of topics related to quilts.
www.lequilts.com

Appraiser

Deborah Fell • Urbana IL USDeborah has over 3 decades of teaching experience. A wide range of workshops are available. Workshop offerings include: design & inspiration, surface design, the business aspect of art and the history of quilting.

Teacher/Lecturer

Cheryl Dineen FerrinC. Dineen Ferrin Designs • Mattawan MI USKids Fiber Art Workshop This workshop is designed for 7 to 12 year olds, although younger children can be accommodated if accompanied by an adult. Kids pick one of up to 10 designs, created by Cheryl, and make their own fiber art version of it. Skills exercised in this workshop are ≻≻

Teacher/Lecturer

Lisa Flowers Ross • Boise ID USI have a Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art, as well as a degree in Business. For 20 years I have worked as a part time curatorial assistant at the Boise Art Museum helping with the installations of exhibitions and other curatorial duties. In addition, I have independently curated ≻≻

Bethany GarnerFIBREWORKS KINGSTON • Elginburg ON CAFIBREWORKS KINGSTON supports the fibre arts through the presentation of an outstanding Series of two and three day Weekend Workshops offered each year. As a premier provider with 34 years supporting the textile arts, we take pride in offering our students internationally recognized ≻≻

Julia Graber • Brooksville MS USI enjoy the challenge of taking an old familiar quilt block and turning it into a new and innovative quilt or fiber art. I'm also drawn to bright, bold, and brassy colors to help bring my work to life.
And then too, I love the challenge of taking an image, whether from a photograph, nature, ≻≻

Teacher/Lecturer

Cindy GrisdelaCindy Grisdela Art Quilts • Reston VA USI enjoy doing lectures and workshops to encourage artists to nurture their creativity--especially using color and texture to design contemporary work. Visit my website for a listing of current lectures and workshops.

Teacher/Lecturer

Gunnel HagColour Vie • Toronto ON CAFor as long as I can remember I have designed and printed patterns on fabric - for my exclusive line of fashion as well as costumes for film and theatre. The complexity and depth of textured surfaces fascinate me. The visual textures in my work are created by screen printing, manipulating and ≻≻

Rosemary Hoffenberg • Wrentham MA USI begin a quilt with various surface design techniques. This essential to my process as it is a springboard for the creation of a quilt. I work intuitively, letting each segment bring me to the next, until completion.

Fabric/Surface Design

Lyric Kinard • Cary NC USLyric Montgomery Kinard is an award winning artist with a passion for sparking the creativity that she knows each of her students posses. With playful support and gentle encouragement she will take you through your first steps on a new path, seeing the world through the eyes of an artist.
Lyric ≻≻

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Judy Kirpich • Takoma Park MD USMy work is directed by my emotions, and I am a somewhat half-empty, anxious person. The complexities of running a 35 person agency, the war in Syria, Mexican druglords, the Great Recession, mental illness and cancer have all informed my work. My art is a mirror into my soul, and ≻≻

Deborah KusterUniv of Central Arkansas • Conway AR USI have been actively involved in facilitating professional development workshops for school teachers and conference or retreat workshops for community organizations. I continually seek collaborations with area galleries and museums by leading tours, presenting workshops, and attending events.

Paulette Landers • North Bend OR USI am in constant search for that elusive quality where fabric and paint blend and merge.
My aim is to create paintings where these two elements coalesce in a new vision. Watercolor-like washes or blending of acrylics, under and over painting cover my hand dyed fabric. I ≻≻

Fabric/Surface Design

Barbara Lange • Freising DECommissions are welcome - prices are subjet to size and time involved creating the piece.

Michele LeavittArt Works Wonders • Saunderstown RI USQuilting has been one of my favorite things since before I started school. After studying art in college, adjunct drawing professor became my title.
Semi-retired I'm now teaching Creative Quilting, Block Printing, and related subjects at the Newport Art Museums and other local institutions.

Susan Lenz • Columbia SC USI am available for trunk shows and workshops, including "HOT", a workshop on heat-activated techniques for comtemporary stitching and "Second Life", a workshop design to incorporate small family heirlooms into legacy art quilts. Upcoming schedule includes "HOT" at the Focus on Fiber retreat in ≻≻

Teacher/Lecturer

Kay LiggettRidgeway Studios • Monument CO USVisitors to my Studio Tour get to try out surface design techniques. I also provide kits for many of the types of quilting and surface design that they see during the visit: Front Range Open Studios.com

Fabric/Surface Design

Ellen LindnerAdventure Quilter • Melbourne FL USEllen Lindner is a VERY enthusiastic quilt maker and teacher! She finds the design process wonderfully exciting, and loves to share this excitement with her students.
Ellen teaches both online and in-person. Her topics include color, designing from nature, glued collage, "Instant ≻≻

Teacher/Lecturer

Kevan Lunney • East Brunswick NJ USAccepting commissions. Email me for details. No obligation! KevanArt@gmail.com
Memorial work
I enjoy creating work using the fabric of your memories and the remnants of your loved ones posessions. I have created pillows from mens ties, floral pictures from a mothers silk saris and geometric ≻≻

Commissions

Jenny K. Lyon • Granite Bay CA1 USI love to teach the art of free motion quilting to others and inspire them to do their best work. I offer two lectures and a wide range of classes to guilds, shops and at shows. Visit quiltskipper.com to find out more about me.

Teacher/Lecturer

Shannon MaiselShannon Maisel Studio • Allendale MI USMy work combines painting and sewing to create one of a kind art pieces for you or a loved one. I enjoy the challenge of working with you to create your vision. Contact me for prices.

Commissions

Therese May • San Jose CA1 USI help artists find their creative flow by teaching workshops, giving lectures and writing articles.
I help quilters finish their quilts by offering longarm services.
I help collectors beautify their homes and offices by selling art quilts and drawings from my website, www.theresemay.com.
I ≻≻

Teacher/Lecturer

Sharon McCartney • Belchertown MA USNature reveals itself with intricate patterns and compelling details. A brief sighting of wildlife or the discovery of a growing jewel can be a transitory respite or a life long enrichment. My attention has long been held by these glimpses and discoveries; they have become my source ≻≻

Salli McQuaid • Walla Walla WA US
The need to create art is an integral part of my being; it pervades every aspect of my life. Although I have worked in most media, there is a constant facet of my art that involves fabric and and/or threads. In 2006 I discovered art quilts. The genre offered a rare technical ≻≻

Fabric/Surface Design

Elizabeth Michellod-Dutheil • Le Chable Valais CH
Elizabeth collects and dissects any object that suits her inspiration, be it vegetal, manufactured or industrial. She likes to explore new ways of using and combining those materials.
In some of her works, the thread is a guideline and the fabric becomes a support. By accumulating various ≻≻

Artist/Writer

Pam Morris • Venice FL USI am surrounded with the beauty of natural Florida and this creeps into all my work, no matter what I intend when I begin to create a new piece.

Fabric/Surface Design

Alison Muir • Cremorne NSW AU
Welcome to my world of textiles
As you view the Commissioned works you will discover my textile designs deliver messages about the environment
I use non connected traditions in my textile designs with political comment on dyed textiles, by using scientific details from the ≻≻

Commissions

Nysha Nelson • Somerville TN USBeing the master of a skill required focus and dedication and some guidance. I am passionate about free motion quilting and making the marks/patterns I want. I want to teach you how to do the same for yourself!

Teacher/Lecturer

Mary PalMary Pal Designs • Almonte ON CAMary Pal is a Canadian fibre artist known for her cheesecloth portraits, landscapes and painted art quilts. Her work has been exhibited and collected throughout the world, published in several books, and has been featured in Quilting Arts Magazine and on Quilting Arts TV. A ≻≻

Teacher/Lecturer

Claire Passmore • Plymouth Devon GBI am UK based textile artist working in art quilts. You can find out more about my work from my website (www.clairepassmore.com). I also have a blog (www.clairepassmore.weebly.com/blog) where you can read about what is keeping me busy at the moment. I exhibit internationally and my work is in ≻≻

Commissions

Geri Patterson-Kutras • Morgan Hill CA1 USPlease visit my website to see my work. Please be sure to check out Happenings on my website to see where and when my work is being shown and classes I'm currently teaching. I'd enjoy speaking with you about commissions, workshops or speaker opportunities, please contact me via the email at ≻≻

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Kathryn Pellman • Los Angeles CA2 USMy quilts blend my love of storytelling, fashion, fabric and traditional quilting. They are a celebration and exploration of women and femininity. Fabric and thread are my paint; the sewing machine is my paintbrush.
Although my quilts are not traditional, there is a strong ≻≻

Artist/Writer

Valarie PoitierValarie Poitier & Company • Natick MA USProfessional Development Workshop: learn the art of speaking to small and large groups; preparing your presentation; holding the audience in the palm of your hand.
Independent Curator, Juror, Writer, Motivational Speaker
Artist Development Seminars Available: Move from your current position to ≻≻

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Daren RedmanDP Redman Studio • Nashville IN USMy lecture share how I connect with the community and involve my quilting with public art and non-profits. I create site-specific public art with large scale quilted wallhangings from my hand-dyed fabrics and welcome private and public commissions. My artist-in-residencies include Grand Canyon ≻≻

Joan Reive • Belleville ON CAI no longer teach workshops but will do commisions, please see examples on my website joan-reive.com anddailypaintworkks.com/artist/joan.reive5712/artwork Enter my name to see my gallery and click on fiber art

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Sue Reno • Columbia PA USSue Reno
sue@suereno.com
717-842-0651
I specialize in large scale art quilts that reference the natural world and historic architecture. I exhibit widely, write articles for quilting publications, and serve as a juror for fine craft and quilt exhibits.
I am currently ≻≻

Teacher/Lecturer

Cheryl Rezendes • Bernardston MA USA dedicated and passionate fiber artist and author with a strong commitment to teach and assist others with their own personal artistic growth, pursuit of creative expression and appreciation of art.

Fabric/Surface Design

Miki Rodriguez • San Antonio TX USIf you enjoy working with a variety of mixed materials, you're looking at the right service. I am a teacher and lecturer in the area of surface design. Some choice tools include the Dremel tool, wire cutters, paints, brushes, hand stitching and the sewing machine. Students get to play with ≻≻

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Kris Sazaki of Pixeladies • Sacramento CA1 USKris Sazaki and her artistic collaborator, Deb Cashatt, are the Pixeladies. They teach Photoshop for fiber artists. From beginning to advanced classes, they teach students the essential Photoshop tools they'll need to design their own fabric, postcards, and other materials essential to creating ≻≻

Alison Schwabe • Montevideo UYMy focus is always on encouraging each student to explore their individuality through fabric and stitch, using basic design principles, carefully considered colour choices, and any of the numerous techniques I have used in my own work. My classes are built ≻≻

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Maria Shell • Anchorage AK USI believe there is great value in cultivating original work and creativity in every individual. All of my workshops are created to work with a variety of skill levels within the same class. Each workshop covers similar material but from completely different angles. The full array of techniques ≻≻

Sandra Sider • Bronx NY USTwelve issues of THE STUDIO QUILT are available on Amazon.com. This series of recent publications showcases contemporary quilt art and analyzes the work of several artists.

Author

Martha Sielman • Amston CT US
Looking for an exciting lecture about art quilts? I offer several lectures based on my best-selling books: “Abstracts & Geometrics,” "Masters: Art Quilts," "The Natural World," and "People and Portraits.”

Teacher/Lecturer

Bonnie J. Smith • San Jose CA1 USMy artwork has been juried into Quilt National traveled the globe and has received the coveted NICHE Award in the Art Quilt catgory. The Rosen Group has also recognized my design qualities six in a row.
Lectures on my award winning "Swimming Upstream" series are also available.

Commissions

Lura Schwarz Smith • Coarsegold CA1 USI offer a variety of workshops which can be customized for the length of time and interests of the group. Specific focus is on successful tracing, drawing, inking and shading on fabrics, with students working from their own chosen photographs, whether they have any art background or not.

Carol Soderlund • Geneva NY US
I teach workshops nationally and internationally on techniques of color mixing and surface design with dyes. As a former high school teacher, I love to develop original course material and share my knowledge with students. I was nominated for Teacher of the Year in 2013 and again in 2015 by ≻≻

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Elena Stokes • Clinton NJ USMy work is all about open spaces and tranquil places, abstract and impressionist landscapes. I make large scale pieces as well as small and intimate pieces, for both office and home. I work with recycled materials, re-purposed silk saris from India. I have written for numerous magazine ≻≻

Artist/Writer

Priscilla Stultz • Fairfax VA USI have two trunk shows. One is "Fiber Art: A fabulous journey" and "Wearable Art: An explosion of surface design"
Classes:"A vest that fits", "A jacket is only as good as its fit", several sweatshirt jacket classes, "3 hour purse" "Messenger bag" "Unique ≻≻

Teacher/Lecturer

Catherine Timm • Westmeath ON CA
"I am a visual artist who uses fibre, textiles and mixed media to create two and three dimensional collage. My love of nature and my curiosity lead me to explore and manipulate the materials to depict landscapes and abstract art.

Commissions

Judith TragerTrager Studio Quilts • Boulder CO USI am a curator, teacher, lecturer, and professional quilt artist specializing in art quilts for the health care sector. I also make a line of art quilt textiles called "Pretty/Practical." I also teach online through Craftsy.com and have a Quilting Arts DVD.

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Gwyned Trefethen • Appleton WI USTrefethen’s fascination with value results in her using value changes to create subtlety, sharp edges, shadow, dappled light and luminosity. Value is the first consideration when Trefethen starts her artwork. Through careful selection of fabric and thread she is able to bring emphasis to ≻≻

Teacher/Lecturer

Maggie Vanderweit • Fergus ON CAI create textile art using my hand-painted cotton, woven wool dyed with rust and botanicals, intense machine and hand embellishment; also in a variety of other materials and techniques. I teach and lecture extensively.

Fabric/Surface Design

Janine VangoolUPPERCASE publishing • Calgary AB CAUPPERCASE is a quarterly magazine for the creative and curious inspired by craft, design and illustration. A playful exploration of creativity, an affinity for vintage ephemera, and a love of handmade are some elements common in each issue. The magazine boasts high-quality paper and printing, a ≻≻

Artist/Writer

Desiree Vaughn • Traverse City MI USI happily accept commissions for abstract work and enjoy working with clients to find just the right colors and design. I dye and paint my own fabric so you can always be assured of a one of a kind piece of art.

Commissions

K. Velis Turan • Earlton NY USI have experience as a Juror and Curator from my years as an art director and the visual art director for the Greene County Council on the Arts (NY) and with other fiber art shows. I am available for speaking and panel discussions on mixed media arts.Visit my website (www.kvelisturan.com)

Curator

Terry Waldron • Anaheim CA2 USI am a long-time Juried Professional Artist member of SAQA, and I love to teach fiber art composition, including the principles of design, as well as color theory. As "Teacher of the Year" for a very large school district, I know that teaching is my forte. I love it! I've curated world-wide ≻≻

Teacher/Lecturer

Laura WasilowskiArtfabrik • Elgin IL USFor over 15 years I've taught and lectured about the fine art of creating fused art quilts. My goal is to open the world of making quilt art in an improvisational manner to art enthusiasts everywhere.

Teacher/Lecturer

Carol Ann WaughStupendous Stitching • Denver CO USI lecture and teach in person and online at Craftsy.com. I teach three classes: Stupendous Stitching, Stitch & Slash and Stitched Portraits. I also have a 45 minute lecture where I speak about my journey re-inventing myself with a new career as a fiber artist. I am the ≻≻

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Cynthia Wenslow • Grayslake IL USAs a curator and art quilter, I know that great photographs often make the difference between getting juried into an exhibit or not. I create professional high-resolution photographs of your artwork in my product photography studio located in the greater Milwaukee area.Ship your artwork via the ≻≻

Eileen Williams • Cedar Point NC USI am a fiber artist and art quilter who has been making and selling pictorial art quilts for over 15 years. My quilts are sold in art galleries and also by direct commission. To view my work, go to my web site, (www.eileenfiberart.com)I also teach workshops. My most requested ≻≻